Capsule, Mercury #12B
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Object Details
- Manufacturer
- McDonnell Aircraft Corp.
- Summary
- Mercury spacecraft 12 was originally delivered to Cape Canaveral as a backup for the MA-8 capsule (Sigma 7 flown by Walter Schirra). However, the capsule was returned to McDonnell and reconfigured for an extended 1-day Mercury mission. This reconfigured capsule, labeled 12B, was never assigned to a flight and thus was never re-delivered to the Cape or flown.
- In 1967 NASA transferred Mercury 12B to the Smithsonian Institution.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Inventory Number
- A19680249000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Crewed
- Materials
- Skin & Structure: Titanium
- Shingles: Nickel-steel alloy; Beryllium shingles
- Ablation Shield: Glass fibers, resin
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5ft 8in. x 6ft 6in. (172.7 x 198.12cm), 740lb. (335.7kg)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19680249000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9b6fecf0b-1942-48a7-8cda-63e9869f98e8
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